Travel and Expense Team Lead

JOB DESCRIPTION:

This position Travel and Expense (T&E) Team Lead is within our CORPORATE FINANCE SERVICES MANILA located at 11F Five Neo Building Bonifacio Global City Taguig Philippines. The Travel and Expense Team Lead is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day shared service operations of the Travel and Expense Team for the region supported including but not limited to: (a) ensuring timely and accurate reimbursement of employee expenses; (b) driving automation and digital transformation initiatives; (c) support compliance driven related matters and providing leadership to maintain ongoing compliance with procedures; (d) preparing and presenting reports to leadership; (e) ensuring the timely accurate and compliant processing of travel and expense reimbursement; (f) assesses direct reports performance and serves as a key liaison between internal departments and external vendors.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Supervise coach and develop a team of Travel and Expense Specialist and Associates to ensure high performance and continuous growth.

• Monitor daily deliverables and ensure timely execution of Travel and Expense reimbursement.

• Serve as a subject matter expert on T&E policies systems and regulatory requirements.

• Review escalated expense reports and resolve complex issues or exceptions.

• Ability to analyze solve problems and adapt to changing organizational and operational needs

• Lead training and onboarding for new team members; provide ongoing coaching and development.

• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency accuracy and user experience.

• Perform regular review of teams audit accuracy to ensure paid expenses are compliant with company policy.

• Coordinate and provide team performance to CFS leadership on regular meetings.

• Maintain documentation of procedures and ensure team adherence to internal controls.

• Generate and analyze reports to monitor compliance trends and performance.

• Assist in policy updates and communication to employees.

• Act as back-up for Accounts Payable Manager.

• Other duties as assigned.

Core Competencies

• Excellent attention to details and proven organizational skills

• Functional and Technical Skills

• Decision Quality

• Problem Solving

• Priority setting and time management

• Process Management

• Drive for results

• Delegation

• Critical thinking and continuous improvement mindset

• Customer Focus

Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Business or Accounting

• At least 5-7 years of experience in T&E processing accounts payable or shared services including at least 2-3 years in leadership or supervisory role.

• Must be knowledgeable about principles practices regulations and procedures as they relate to Travel and Expense.

• Strong oral and written communication skills

• Must be proficient in MS Excel Word and Outlook

• Knowledge of an ERP/Large Accounting package; SAP Concur and Oracle.

• High attention to detail and commitment to compliance.

• Ability to analyze solve problems and adapt to changing organizational and operational needs

An equal opportunity employer Abbott welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

The base pay for this position is

In specific locations the pay range may vary from the range posted.

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